Corporate Accountant

Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant will play a key part in our day-to-day accounting operations, month-end close process, and share in leading towards continuous improvement across our Accounting team. We are looking for an individual with an accounting background, good understanding of GAAP and general ledger structure, and a passion to learn. We expect this individual to focus on certain processes (e.g., cash / bank reconciliations, COGS, Accrued Liabilities, prepaid expenses) but have flexibility to work across various areas of Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Financial Close and Reporting Processes

  • Prepare and post job-specific journal entries, taking responsibility for underlying calculations and support of varying complexity

  • Prepare GL Account and Financial Statement flux analyses, understanding and communicating activity and drivers for areas such accrued liabilities and COGS

  • Prepare and/or review rollforward and reconciliation schedules for balance sheet and expense accounts, such as cash, prepaid expenses, accrued liabilities and COGS

  • Assist in the preparation of financial statements, including footnote disclosures, for areas of involvement

  • Participate in the design, execution and continuous improvement of the overall closing task list, close calendar and team's close performance

• Systems, Policies and Processes

  • Assist in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures for Close and Technical Accounting areas of involvement

  • Collaborate on new and changing needs, questions and challenges in our systems and processes as they come up, conducting information-gathering, idea generation and solution implementation

  • Participate in the development of best practices, policies, and internal controls that optimize team performance and enable compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.

• Other Accounting Team Responsibilities

  • Coach, train, review the work of, and mentor junior staff (KMC offshore Staff/Associate Accountants in the Philippines) on accounting responsibilities to improve their work product, skills and knowledge

  • Participate in and contribute to financial audits, including preparation of various audit schedules, collation of documents, responding to inquiries and meeting with auditors

  • Lead or assist with other special Finance/Accounting ad hoc projects, as needed

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with various teams throughout the organization including Strategic Finance, Marketing, and Legal, the accounting team and external auditors

  • Ensure that all activities related to this job position are accomplished in an ethical, prudent and secure manner

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Accounting or equivalent with a solid understanding of GAAP.

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in public accounting and/or working directly in an accounting role

• Experience with SaaS is strongly preferred.

• Proficiency in NetSuite is strongly preferred.

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite with intermediate skills in Excel including VLOOKUP, if functions, pivot tables, etc. desired

• AI fluency preferred — comfort using AI tools (e.g. Claude) to improve productivity, draft communications, analyze data, and streamline accounting workflows

• Detail-oriented with excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to explain accounting topics in an understandable and logical manner

• Team player, able to prioritize needs of others and of the team in front of their own

How We Work

We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration. Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

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Benchling welcomes everyone. We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.